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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 15h

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Joe Rogan CALLS OUT Trump’s Cruel Immigration Crackdown

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 17h

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 21h

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Late-Stage Capitalism and Late-Stage Democracy

A unified theory of everything.

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 1d

Thought police much Ted?

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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 1d

#ShowMeYourHellHole

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#ShowMeYourHellhole Downtown Portland, Oregon—Wednesday Farmers Market 10-8-25

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 1d

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Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 1d

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Trump's DHS SHOOTS US Citizen: Story IS COLLAPSING

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 2d

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 2d

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Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 2d

“Most people don’t want to be on the side of the boot.”

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Tim Miller: People Will Be ASHAMED for Being Involved in This

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 2d

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“Legal Orders” and Trump’s Military

Authoritarians don’t take power by openly flouting the law. They look for pretexts and legal theories.

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 3d

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Stephen Miller’s Posts Are Getting UNHINGED

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 3d

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Legal Experts Preview the New SCOTUS Term: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Live from Chicago!)

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 4d

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Drones Shut Down Airports... Then NATO's Revenge Was INSTANT—France Seizes Putin's Shadow Ship

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 4d

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They Were MAGA Believers Until a Border Stop Changed Everything | Adam Kinzinger with George & Esmer

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 4d

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MED BEDS! | Trump's Pitch To Invade America | Gov. Shutdown | Ft. Tiffany D. Cross

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 4d

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Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 5d

Pro tip: Don’t get old but if you do get old, don’t get sick.

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Trump Administration Poised to Cut SSI Benefits for Nearly 400,000 Low-Income Disabled and Older People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The average annual savings from these benefit cuts would barely pay for a single day of the massive tax cuts for the wealthy that are part of the Republican megabill enacted in July.

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John Healy @johnhealynj.bsky.social · 5d

We’re going to miss the National Science Foundation.

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